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Paul Adams

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Paul Regan Adams

Born: 20 January 1977, Cape Town, Cape Province
Major Teams: Western Province, South Africa.
Known As: Paul Adams
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Slow Left Arm Chinaman


Test Debut: South Africa v England at Port Elizabeth, 4th Test, 1995/96
Latest Test:
South Africa v Australia at Durban, 3rd Test, 2001/02

ODI Debut:
South Africa v England at Cape Town, 1st ODI, 1995/96
Latest ODI:
South Africa v Sri Lanka at Tangier, Morocco Cup, 2002

First-class debut:
Western Province B v Eastern Transvaal at Springs, 1995/96

Western Province debut same season

Education: Plumstead High School
Junior Representative Cricket: WPB Nuff 1994

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 15/03/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   36   44  12   261   35    8.15  33.12   0   0   21   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            1164.1  283  3353  106  31.63  6-55    1   0  65.8  2.88

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 19/08/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   17    8   4    33   15*   8.25  62.26   0   0    4   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             130.5    6   590   23  25.65  3-26    0   0  34.1  4.50

FIRST-CLASS
 (1995/96 - 2002/03; last updated 09/11/2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   86   89  39   772   61*  15.44   0   1   46   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            3123.2  714  8876  287  30.92  7-69   10   0  65.2  2.84

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1995/96 - 2002)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   44   14   7    44   15*   6.28   0   0   11   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             306.2  1310   57  22.98  3-12    0   0  32.2  4.27

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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There seems little doubt that Paul Adams was rushed into Test cricket with almost indecent haste as an 18-year-old. At the same time, and leaving aside any political considerations, there is also little doubt that "Gogga" is something unique. His action, memorably described as either resembling a "frog in a blender" or someone trying to steal hubcaps from a moving car, is something unique in world cricket. When England were first exposed to him at Kimberley in late 1995, a number of senior batsmen, including Alec Stewart and Graeme Hick, simply could not work out what they were seeing. At his point of release, Adams' face points downwards, his front leg is braced and his arm seems to appear from somewhere behind his head. He looks as if he should be bowling the Chinaman, but in fact his stock ball is the googly, spun out of two fingers and turning away from the right-hander. And Adams, unlike many slow left-arm spinners, does spin, prodigiously so at times. He is a wicket-taker, currently striking at around three wickets a Test which, considering South Africa's reliance on seam, is a hgighly creditable return. Adams' achilles' heel has been his control. Too often a rank bad ball an over has allowed batsmen to escape pressure and score freely off him. During the home series against England over the Millenium, however, he bowled with far greater control and confidence than at any stage of his career, and a broken finger in the fifth Test match came at the worst possible time for both himself and his team. Still only 23, Adams already has 31 Tests under his belt and he demonstrated, in the Singer Cup in Sri Lanka, that in the appropriate conditions he can bowl in one-day games. Whether he reaches the heights of a Shane Warne or a Muttiah Muralitharan remains to be seen, but it is clear that Adams has benefitted from working with Terry Jenner and he has several years to go before he will be considered to be at his peak. Peter Robinson July 2000

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